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Welcome to Chicago! Plant Biology & Botany 2007—A Historic Event ASPB News THE NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS Volume 34, Number 3 May/June 2007 Inside This Issue Welcome to Chicago! Plant Biology & Botany 2007—A Historic Event Plant Biology & Botany 2007—Event Highlight Updates Dear ASPB Member, mittee and extensive networking opportunities for Some scientific events are memorable and others graduate students, postdocs, and others. The devel- Hola from Mérida! capture the imagination, but only a few—like ASPB’s opment of the next generation of plant scientists will Plant Biology 2008 2007 annual meeting—are truly historic. Indeed, it be highlighted through workshops for K–12 educa- will be my great pleasure to welcome many of you tors, who will have the opportunity to attend ses- Mid-Atlantic and this July to the Plant Biology & Botany 2007 Joint sions on Saturday. Midwest Section Congress in Chicago—the first time in more than We realize that some of you, for a variety of rea- Meeting Coverage eight decades that ASPB will hold its plant biology sons, have opted to spend those several days in early conference with the Botanical Society of America (as July engaged in other pursuits. Although we would well as with the American Society of Plant Taxono- have liked to see you in Chicago and will certainly mists and the American Fern Society). In just a miss your presence there, we understand and respect few weeks, 2,500 plant scientists from around that decision, particularly because whether or not the world—one of the largest gatherings of you are present, the scholarship that unfolds at the plant scientists ever—will have the opportuni- annual meeting necessarily depends on the contribu- ty to meet and engage their colleagues in a tions of all of you to the field. dynamic and stimulating environment So whether I can shake your hand in Chicago, that will nevertheless allow invite you to participate vicariously by reading sum- time for relaxed social interac- maries of the meeting in the ASPB News (or viewing tions. And in Chicago, to boot! a podcast or two), or simply share an e-mail or a At the Chicago congress, phone call, I look forward to an exchange. ASPB rel- young scientists will be able to ishes the opportunity to bring together and highlight focus attention on their future the contributions you all make. And because some of careers, beginning with our first- us won’t meet this year, we hope to see you at our ever laboratory leadership work- meetings in Mérida, Mexico (June 27–July 2, 2008), shop for postdocs and junior facul- and Honolulu (July 18–22, 2009), both of which ty (see http://www.aspb.org/ promise to be memorable—even historic—events. meetings/pb-2007/labmanagement.cfm). The meeting will also feature a pair of Cheers, career workshops organized by the Crispin Taylor, PhD ASPB Women in Plant Biology Com- Executive Director, ASPB The ASPB News is delivered online as well as in print. Members will be alerted by e-mail when a new issue is posted. The ASPB News welcomes member feedback. Contact the editor at [email protected]. ASPB Officers & Staff CONTENTS President Richard Amasino 608-265-2170 1 Welcome to Chicago! President-Elect C. Robertson McClung 603-646-3940 Plant Biology & Botany 2007— Immediate Past President Michael Thomashow 517-355-2299 A Historic Event Secretary Nicholas Carpita 765-494-4653 Treasurer Mark R. Brodl 210-999-7246 4 Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting Chair, Board of Trustees Danny Schnell 413-545-4024 Chair, Publications Committee Sally Mackenzie 402-472-6997 Midwest Section Meeting Chair, Women in Plant Biology Committee Judy Brusslan 562-985-8133 Chair, Minority Affairs Committee Anthony DePass 718-488-1487 5 Plant Biology & Botany 2007—Event Chair, Education Committee Mary Williams 909-607-1218 Highlight Updates! Chair, International Committee Arun Goyal 423-439-6931 Chair, Membership Committee Mel Oliver 573-882-9645 6 2006 Membership Campaign Winners Elected Members Bonnie Bartel 713-348-5602 Steven Huber 217-265-0909 7 Hola from Mérida! Karen Koch 352-392-4711 Sectional Representatives 8 Postcards from Sarah Midwestern Allan Showalter 740-593-1135 Northeastern Lawrence Smart 603-868-7622 Southern Caryl Chlan 337-482-5916 9 Women in Plant Biology Mid-Atlantic Heven Sze 301-405-1645 Western To be determined 10 Bioethics 11 Membership Corner Executive director Crispin Taylor, ext. 115 [email protected] Donna Gordon, Letter Executive and governance affairs manager ext. 131 [email protected] Assoc. dir. of finance & administration Kim Kimnach, ext. 140 [email protected] Systems administrator Burton Nicodemus, ext. 146 [email protected] 12 Public Affairs Accounts receivable specialist Stephanie Liu-Kuan, ext. 143 [email protected] Junior accountant Jotee Pundu, ext. 144 [email protected] 21 ASPB Education Forum Assoc. dir. of meetings, marketing, & membership Jean Rosenberg, ext. 110 [email protected] Manager of marketing and web services Wendy Sahli, ext. 123 [email protected] 23 Obituaries Membership and marketing research assistant Shoshana Kronfeld, ext. 122 [email protected] Subscriptions manager Suzanne Cholwek, ext. 141 [email protected] Subscriptions research assistant Carolyn Freed, ext. 142 [email protected] Director of public affairs Brian M. 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